Social Cognition and Health
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 8 (3), 549-562
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167282083024
Abstract
Health settings provide an important arena within which to test and refine social psychological theories. Using interview data from cancer patients, results are presented pertaining to four areas of social psychological theory: attribution theory, psychological control, social comparison theory, and victimization.Keywords
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